kerma
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English
Etymology
Acronym for kinetic energy released in matter.
Noun
kerma (countable and uncountable, plural kermas)
- (physics) The sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation (neutrons and photons) in a sample of matter, divided by the mass of the sample.
Derived terms
Further reading
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=1020.30
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Most likely from keri (“skin, crust”) + -ma, with an original meaning “thin layer”. First attested in the 1770s.[1]
Noun
kerma
- cream (dairy product; the butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top)
- (figuratively) the cream (elite)
Declension
| Inflection of kerma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kerma | kermat | |
| genitive | kerman | kermojen | |
| partitive | kermaa | kermoja | |
| illative | kermaan | kermoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kerma | kermat | |
| accusative | nom. | kerma | kermat |
| gen. | kerman | ||
| genitive | kerman | kermojen kermain rare | |
| partitive | kermaa | kermoja | |
| inessive | kermassa | kermoissa | |
| elative | kermasta | kermoista | |
| illative | kermaan | kermoihin | |
| adessive | kermalla | kermoilla | |
| ablative | kermalta | kermoilta | |
| allative | kermalle | kermoille | |
| essive | kermana | kermoina | |
| translative | kermaksi | kermoiksi | |
| abessive | kermatta | kermoitta | |
| instructive | — | kermoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
(compounds):
- erikoiskerma
- hapankerma
- kahvikerma
- kerma-astia
- kermainen
- kermajauhe
- kermajuusto
- kermajäätelö
- kermakahvi
- kermakakku
- kermakannu
- kermakaramelli
- kermakastike
- kermakerros
- kermaleivos
- kermalikööri
- kermamaito
- kermanekka
- kermankeltainen
- kermanvalkoinen
- kermanvärinen
- kermaperse
- kermaperuna
- kermaseitikki
- kermavaahto
- kermavanukas
- kermaviili
- kestokerma
- kevytkerma
- kuohukerma
- ranskankerma
- ruoanvalmistuskerma
- ruokakerma
- ruuanvalmistuskerma
- vispikerma
- vuolukerma
Further reading
- “kerma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Noun
kerma
Declension
| Inflection of kerma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kerma | kermat | |
| genitive | kerman | kermojen | |
| partitive | kermaa | kermoja | |
| illative | kermaan | kermoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kerma | kermat | |
| accusative | nom. | kerma | kermat |
| gen. | kerman | ||
| genitive | kerman | kermojen kermain rare | |
| partitive | kermaa | kermoja | |
| inessive | kermassa | kermoissa | |
| elative | kermasta | kermoista | |
| illative | kermaan | kermoihin | |
| adessive | kermalla | kermoilla | |
| ablative | kermalta | kermoilta | |
| allative | kermalle | kermoille | |
| essive | kermana | kermoina | |
| translative | kermaksi | kermoiksi | |
| abessive | kermatta | kermoitta | |
| instructive | — | kermoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN